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USA Could Generate 37 Million Gigawatt-hours From Wind

February 22nd, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer

The newest and by far the most scientifically accurate and detailed estimate to date of the nation’s wind power potential [&hellip

Idaho Man Builds 12 Foot Solar Road

February 17th, 2010 | by Jennifer Lance

Necessity is the mother of invention, and garage inventors have been meeting the challenge of climate change head on. From [&hellip

Home Wind Power for Half the Price, Over the Counter

February 3rd, 2010 | by Derek Markham

For commercial renewable energy enthusiasts, there’s no shortage of eye candy among industrial sized wind installations, but for the homeowner, [&hellip

Ethanol Industry Sues California

February 1st, 2010 | by Guest Contributor

The Federal government is asking the fuel industry to incrementally raise the levels of ethanol in the country’s gas. California [&hellip

Engineered Virus Causes Tobacco Plants to Grow Solar Cells

January 28th, 2010 | by Jennifer Lance

Tobacco, once the glory crop of the South Atlantic region of the United States, has fallen in stature as health [&hellip

Carrot & Stick Policy is Driving Clean Energy Development

January 25th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer

One of the many under-appreciated bits of green legislation that Democrats snuck into the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) [&hellip

Glitter-Sized Solar Panels Use 100 Times Less Silicon to Generate Electricity

January 20th, 2010 | by Jennifer Lance

As a preschool teacher, glitter is part of my world. These tiny, shiny flecks are loved by little children, yet [&hellip

Will EU Apply Carbon Tariffs Against US Rogue States?

January 19th, 2010 | by Susan Kraemer

In five states 90% of the electricity comes from coal: Wyoming, North Dakota, West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana. In Colorado it is 70%. A relatively few highly coal-dependent states is the reason that the overall American carbon footprint per capita is so much higher than Europeans. These polluter-states could see their export businesses threatened with carbon tariffs from the

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